# Partners in Crime — Character guide

> Key figures in Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie.

- [Tommy Beresford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/tommy_beresford.md): Tommy runs the International Detective Agency under the borrowed name Theodore Blunt, a cover arranged by British Intelligence and shared with his wife, Tuppence. Bound to a chair and threatened with vitriol, he refuses 
- [Tuppence Beresford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/tuppence_beresford.md): When Mr. Carter dangles a secret assignment, Tuppence's eyes sparkle before he has finished the sentence, and she is already volunteering for whatever comes next. She plays confidential secretary Miss Robinson in the off
- [Albert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/albert.md): Albert serves tea as a Long Island butler one moment and slouches as a sweets-eating office boy the next, playing each part to perfection. He ushers clients in and out of the International Detective Agency and is trusted
- [Mr. Carter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/mr_carter.md): Mr. Carter arrives at the Beresfords' home with a newspaper advertisement and a proposal: take over the failing International Detective Agency for six months and run it as they please. His instructions are precise, watch
- [Theodore Blunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/theodore_blunt.md): Theodore Blunt ran the International Detective Agency until his indiscretions brought Scotland Yard down on him, and he is now detained at His Majesty's expense, refusing to tell the authorities half of what they want to
- [Detective Inspector Dymchurch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/detective_inspector_dymchurch.md): Dymchurch presents himself as a solid Scotland Yard man, even volunteering to investigate whether the new Mr. Blunt is a spy. But when the mask comes off, his accent and manner transform entirely into those of a well-edu
- [Captain Sessle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/captain_sessle.md): Sessle came into money, retired from the army, and went into insurance with the Hollabys; everyone who knew him called him the last man on earth you'd suspect of being a crook. Yet he died on the golf course after a meet
- [Gilda Glen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/gilda_glen.md): Gilda keeps a latch key to her sister's house and comes and goes as she pleases, indifferent to the household she disturbs. When she arrives home at eight minutes past six, a man rushes up the stairs after her, a cry is 
- [Detective Inspector Marriot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/detective_inspector_marriot.md): Marriot is the Yard contact Tommy and Tuppence believe they are working alongside, and his authority lends the amateur pair a legitimacy they badly need. But his name is precisely the kind of currency a clever adversary 
- [Mrs. Honeycott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/mrs_honeycott.md): A client of the detective agency, involved in the affair of the pink pearl.
- [Montgomery Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/montgomery_jones.md): A young man who gets entangled in the affairs of the detective agency.
- [Lois Hargreaves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/lois_hargreaves.md): A young woman involved in the case of the sinister stranger.
- [Sir Arthur Merivale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/sir_arthur_merivale.md): A wealthy gentleman who appears in the case of the missing lady.
- [Marguerite Laidlaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/marguerite_laidlaw.md): A beautiful woman connected to the Laidlaw family and a case.
- [James Reilly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/james_reilly.md): A man who appears in the case of the man in the mist.
- [Mervyn Estcourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/mervyn_estcourt.md): An actor involved in the case of the missing lady.
- [Lady Laura Barton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/lady_laura_barton.md): A lady involved in the case of the crackler.
- [Monica Deane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/monica_deane.md): A young woman who appears in the case of the crackler.
- [Elise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/elise.md): A French maid or companion involved in a case.
- [Dr. Charles Bower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/dr_charles_bower.md): A doctor involved in the case of the crackler.
- [Mr. Hollaby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/mr_hollaby.md): A man connected to the case of the crackler.
- [Miss Logan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/miss_logan.md): A woman who appears in the case of the crackler.
- [Colonel Kingston Bruce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/colonel_kingston_bruce.md): A military man connected to the case of the crackler.
- [Doris Evans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/doris_evans.md): A woman who appears in the Sunningdale mystery.
- [Mr. Beresford Blunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/mr_beresford_blunt.md): A relative of Theodore Blunt, involved in the detective agency.
- [Beatrice Kingston Bruce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/beatrice_kingston_bruce.md): A relative of the Kingston Bruces, appears in a case.
- [Francis Haviland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/francis_haviland.md): Tuppence's brother, mentioned in the story.
- [Doctor Horriston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/characters/doctor_horriston.md): A doctor who appears in a case.

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